C. Maxine Most Principal, Acuity Market Intelligence, said, “Biometrics are a natural fit for the smart mobile devices we literally hold onto nearly every waking hour. The explosion in the use of smart devices over the past five years, along with anticipated growth over the next five — especially in developing economies where sub $100 smart phones have begun to alter the mobile landscape — will bring biometrics into the daily lives of half the global population. By 2020, 100 percent of smart mobile devices will include embedded biometric sensors as a standard feature.”

The consultancy also pointed to recent terrorism and violence across Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, along with concerns about global migration and immigration as driving renewed efforts to vet immigrants and international travelers while enhancing and expanding biometric border security. As an example, Acuity reported that the collection and screening of biometrics for visas and at ports of entry have become global national security standards, with more than two billion biometric National IDs and 690 million biometric ePassports currently in circulation.

This is in addition to the 1,760 biometric eGates deployed in 51 countries at 157 locations, and 1,247 Automated Passport Control Kiosks deployed at 45 locations in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Integrated Biometrics strategic partner CLEAR, the nation’s leading biometric service provider, recently announced an expanding network of biometric security lanes at airports and stadiums across the country. CLEAR’s members can use their fingerprint and iris identification technology to expedite the known traveler process at airport security screening checkpoints throughout the U.S., strengthening security and redefining travelers’ experiences at airports including San Francisco, San Jose, Denver, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston Bush, Houston Hobby, San Antonio, Austin, Orlando, Miami, Las Vegas, Baltimore-Washington, and Westchester County Airport in New York. CLEAR is also available at the MLB stadiums of the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, and Miami Marlins in addition to the Miami Heat of the NBA.